1. coedits, cotised
2. widest, Wie (id est=ie)
3. OURS
4. alias/alas; nom/no
5. West Side Story
6. Abbottabad; ABBABA, Ott'd
7. (ulu)late
8. OURS
9. sin tax, syntax
10. OURS
11. tools of ignarance; parTOOk, neLSOn, efFIGies, hoNORAble, laNCElot
12. Queen to Play, quintuple
13. dire, rider, deride, derriere
14. membrane, brain
15. feasted, feed (east=e)
16. OURS
17. OURS
18. Kat Dennings, sown, kennings, sat down
19. bird types, itsy-bitsy spider
20. OURS
21. OURS
22. finch, fin (inch=in)
23. O Duke of (Uma, fling; ode, Ucaoimhu muffling
24. OURS
25. Source Code; Orsk sewed
26. afloat, A flat
27. hinted, in the end, hiddenite
28. parrot, torture, rapture; parrot, pirate
29. OURS
30. OURS
31. hosanna, Perdue, hoper, Xanadu
32. washing tons, was; foregone, fore
33. Thor, Natalie (thorn at a lie)
34. pre-England, preen gland
35. O negative (one G at IVE)
36. Tuscaloosa tornado
37. Osama bin Laden
38. OURS
39. the periodic table
F-1. OURS
F-2. GRFFTNTHSPHNX
CRSSWRDPZZL
RCHRCTRZD
LNGHRNS
SHBNG
TRR
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F-3. DOJOS
OSAMA
JAPAN
OMAHA
SANAA
F-4. (see F-2)
F-5. DNGLB
NWRKR
GRSBK
LKBKL
BRKLNBRDG
BRNXZ
RNSTT
DXTRT
GZTTR
F-6. TMJ*SHOE
WIRRA*RX
ISSEDOI*
NU*MIRES
*SCOTALE
HEAVEN*J
ARPA*GUN
T*ELLERY
F-7. OURS
X-1. A pinch of probably is worth a pound of perhaps. James Thurber
X-2. If you enjoy solving extras, please consider creating them. We need more contributors. Vroo
X-3. Standard extras are easy to write. Just find a great quote and the rest is easy.
X-4. We also like to see new types of puzzles and variations on the familiar types.
X-5. Fork: This was a good enough dinner, to be sure; but it was not a dinner to ask a man to. Samuel Johnson
Knife: Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don't dine. Henry James
Spoon: On the continent people have good food. In England people have good table manners. George Mikes
X-6. THRIFTYLIMBOS
EQUALIWINSLOW
MOSSOMITNEONO
PDTHRIVESAWER
LIMEADETHRONE
ENGELSBWAMUON
SFORTHRIGHTSA
QUARRYINSIGHT
ULTWINEGENRET
ASTAMUSEAGAPE
FOUGHTWATENON
FMREDSARONGSD
TENSIONSPREES
FORTHRIGHT = 4-1+3-2+8-1 FO(U)R THR(EE) (E)IGHT
(or FOR(TY) 40 - 2)
ACROSS DOWN
1. THR(EE)(F)IFTY (e) 1. TEMPLES
5. LIMBOS 2. RUST
9. EQUAL 3. FLORAL
10. WINSLOW 4. TIMID
12. MOSS 6. INN
15. OMIT 7. BLOWOUT
16. (O)NE ON(E) (b) 8. SWORE
17. THR(EE) (F)IVE (g) 10. WIVE
18. SAWER 11. SEAR
19. LIMEADE 13. ODIN
20. THR(EE) ONE (h) 14. SHEER
22. ENGELS 18. SHAG
25. MUON 20. TWIN
26. FORTHRIGHT 21. NOSH
30. QUARRY 23. GOAT
31. INSIGHT 24. BRIE
33. TW(O)(N)INE (a) 26. FULSOME
36. GENRE 27. TRIM
37. ASTA 28. HINGE
39. MUSE 29. ATTENDS
41. AGAPE 30. QUAFF
43. FOU(R) (EI)GHT (f) 32. GRANGE
44. TEN ON(E) (d) 34. WAGES
45. MR. ED 35. NUTSO
46. SARONGS 36. GEARS
47. TEN SI(X) ON(E) (c) 38. TURN
48. SPREES 40. SWAN
41. ATOP
42. POSE
X-7. Spaces were introduced after the invention of the Greek alphabet to make words intelligible as distinct units. Tryreadingalineoftextwithoutspacingtoseehowimportantithasbecome.
L. Upton - Thinking with Type
littered, unction, predawn, taffeta, outright, nowhere, twitch, henpeck, invoice, nightspot, keister, imbibe, national, goddess, warbler, inaction, toasted, homage, textile, yourself, passim, estate
C-1. Two dogs walk over to a parking meter. One of them says to the other, "How do you like that? Pay toilets!"
C-2. OURS
C-3. Manhattan art gallery faces insolvency. Dilatory, near-bankrupt owner is told "Wake up and sell the Moses!"
C-4. Superannuated wordplay re existentialism: Nietzsche is pietzsche, but Sartre is smartre.
C-5. Lazy car owner,often parking overnight by hydrant, finds neighbors now call her "too-towed sloth."
C-6. Tired, testy Tyler, Texas tramp tries three thick tacos, tonic. Truly tasty treat? Truth? Toxic! Tough.
C-7. Intrepid Victorian megalith explorer ventures afield, discovers cromlech, menhir, dolmen.